Boeing 727-100 crash, Sep 21, 1969 (27 killed), Mexico Ci...
Boeing 727-100 accident on September 21, 1969 near Mexico City-Benito Juarez Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico with 27 fatalities. Cause:...
- Date: September 21, 1969
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-100
- Location: Mexico City-Benito Juarez Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico
- Fatalities: 27
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Undetermined; the cause was never determined.
Mexicana Flight 801 lost height on the ILS approach to runway 23L at Mexico City and struck the ground about 1.5 km short of the threshold. It bounced, its nose gear and forward fuselage struck a railway embankment, and it broke up near the runway threshold.